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scapegoat

/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/

/ˈskeɪpɡoʊt/

scapegoatсуществительное

scapegoats

множ.

/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/

/ˈskeɪpɡoʊt/

Переводы

козёл отпущения

He was made the scapegoat for the company's failures.

Его сделали козлом отпущения за неудачи компании.

Определения

A person or group that is unfairly blamed for problems or negative outcomes, often to divert attention from the true causes.

The manager used the intern as a scapegoat for the project's failure, even though the issues were beyond the intern's control.

In historical or religious contexts, a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it.

During the ancient ritual, the community would send a scapegoat into the desert to atone for their sins.

Синонимы

fall guy

patsy

victim

whipping boy

sacrificial lamb

scapegoatглагол

scapegoated

Прошедшее простое время

scapegoated

Причастие прошедшего времени

scapegoating

Герундий

/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/

/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/

Переводы

назначать козлом отпущения

They tend to scapegoat him for the team's failures.

Они склонны назначать его козлом отпущения за неудачи команды.

Определения

To unfairly blame or punish someone for the faults or problems of others.

The manager was quick to scapegoat the new employee for the team's failure, even though it was a collective issue.

Синонимы

make a scapegoat of

set up

scapegoatприлагательное

/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/

/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/

Attributive use in compounds such as "scapegoat theory" or "scapegoat mechanism".

Определения

Attributive, relating to or involving a scapegoat; assigning blame to someone or something unfairly.

The scapegoat theory explains prejudice as a way to vent frustration on a powerless group.